Full Episodes
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18:03
Bioneers
Bill McKibben: Why We Actually Need Everyone in the Climate Struggle
Bill McKibben explains the importance of getting people over the age of 60, the fastest growing population on earth, involved in the climate struggle.
Episode 64
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18:15
Bioneers
Manuel Pastor: Solidarity Economics – Mutuality, Movements and Momentum
Manuel Pastor suggests that drawing on our instincts for connection and community can actually help create a more robust, sustainable, and equitable economy.
Episode 63
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16:10
Bioneers
Bakari Kitwana: Racial Justice and Democracy
Bakari Kitwana reflects on the question: "What is the future for Black Americans in U.S. democracy?"
Episode 62
Episode
18:00
Bioneers
Trathen Heckman: Power of Small for Big Transformation
Trathen Heckman is the founder and director of Daily Acts Organization, a non-profit dedicated to "transformative action that creates connected, equitable, climate resilient communities."
Episode 61
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20:35
Bioneers
Vanessa Daniel: How Does Humanity Get to Freedom?
Vanessa Daniel, a former union organizer and longtime social justice activist, is an award-winning innovator in the field of philanthropy.
Episode 60
Episode
20:30
Bioneers
Paul Stamets: Psilocybin Mushroom Medicines
Should psilocybin mushrooms come to market as "People’s Medicine" or "Profit Medicine?" Paul Stamets shares his thoughts on the landscape of psychedelic medicine.
Episode 59
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17:15
Bioneers
john a. powell: Belonging and Breathing in a Toxic Environment
Bridging or breaking? john a. powell illuminates how people can bridge to transform and heal destructive impulses and the current toxic political atmosphere.
Episode 58
Episode
19:00
Bioneers
Chloe Maxmin: Building Progressive Power in Rural Red America
Hear from Chloe Maxmin, a young progressive from rural Maine who in 2018 flipped a Maine House Seat with a 16 percent Republican advantage, and in 2020 won a seat in the Main State Senate.
Episode 57
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16:28
Bioneers
Demond Drummer: A Green New Deal
Demond Drummer is the co-founder and Executive Director of New Consensus, a non-profit policy “think tank” supplying research and detailed policy proposals for the Green New Deal to its political advocates, such as Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.
Episode 55
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24:03
Bioneers
Leila Salazar-López: The Amazon at a Tipping Point
Indigenous peoples have long protected their sacred ancestral territories. Leila Salazar López, Executive Director of Amazon Watch, urges us to stand with them to protect and restore the bio-cultural integrity of the Amazon — our future depends on it.
Episode 53